Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over SexualityCombining humanistic rhetorical criticism with social scientific concepts, Ralph R. Smith and Russel R. Windes examine how the discourse of the progay/antigay debate shapes the self-understanding and strategies of the two opposing sides. The struggle over issues such as lesbians and gay men serving openly in the military, same-sex marriage, and inclusion of "sexual orientation" in anti-discrimination and hate crime laws have evolved along with the development of rival progay and traditionalist antigay communities. In the process of presenting their arguments to the wider society, the two sides exercise extraordinary influence on each other. As a result of the public policy debates, the progay movement has moved toward an essentialist, non-sexual identity, while the traditionalists have shifted toward a secular public self-representation. Progay/Antigay also analyzes the internal disagreements within the two movements. The same-sex marriage debate illustrates important dimensions of the contest over sexuality. The authors examine rhetorical strategy and counter-strategy in this specific institutional context. Progay/Antigay also discusses how the study of the variant sexuality issue provides the opportunity to assess paths for reconciliation and to judge concepts of political pluralism and multiculturalism. |
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Opposing groups generate “interpretive packages,” collections of collectively held ways of seeing and of arguing that, as Smith and Windes put it, are “forged in the crucible of reciprocal antagonism.” “Rhetoric” is an old word, ...
These claims to similarity, however, must be balanced against recognition that gay/lesbian and traditionalist advocates often seem to be speaking a mutually incomprehensible language, argue from different premises, act within different ...
He argues that these myths establish a “repertoire of moves—a lexicon of normative action—that may be combined into meaningful patterns culled from the meaningful patterns of the past” (p. 9). Variant sexuality is not a separate subject ...
Bourdieu argues that the common sense world is not expressed but assumed. He writes that tradition is silent, not only about the beliefs and behavior that it controls, but also about itself as a tradition (p. 163).
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Contenido
| 1 | |
Chapter 2 Analysis of Communication in Contests Over Variant Sexuality | 35 |
Chapter 3 Appeals in Progay and Traditionalist Discourses | 57 |
Chapter 4 Antagonistic Construction of Identity and Conflict | 93 |
Chapter 5 Debate Within Communities | 127 |
A Case Study | 155 |
Chapter 7 Criticism of the Variant Sexuality Issue Culture | 181 |
References | 203 |
Index | 227 |
About the Authors | 239 |
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Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Ralph R. Smith,Russel R. Windes Vista de fragmentos - 2000 |
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| Título | Progay/Antigay: The Rhetorical War Over Sexuality Rhetoric and Society series |
| Autores | Ralph R. Smith, Russel R. Windes |
| Editor | SAGE Publications, 2000 |
| ISBN | 1452263728, 9781452263724 |
| Largo | 264 páginas |
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